Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 242 287
Rank change year-on-year -55 +45 -72
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 517 535 897
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.31% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.41% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 211 300 511
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,510 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £93,125 £85,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £100,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -2.96% +10.73% -7.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -55 473 £68,255 -2.49% 221
London +48 281 £85,000 +13.33% 105
Work from Home +49 238 £75,000 +15.38% 95
UK excluding London -133 182 £63,076 -2.96% 137
North of England -51 59 £74,000 -7.50% 31
South East -123 37 £55,000 -15.38% 47
North West -20 36 £82,500 +3.06% 16
Midlands -48 35 £63,076 +0.92% 19
East of England -6 25 £61,300 -5.69% 21
West Midlands -25 25 £57,500 -8.00% 11
Yorkshire -48 20 £63,076 +94.08% 13
South West -62 17 £62,500 -3.29% 12
East Midlands -49 10 £80,000 +18.52% 8
Northern Ireland - 8 £75,000 - 1
Scotland -35 4 £55,000 +22.22% 6
North East -24 3 £63,076 -23.54% 2
Wales - 3 £69,501 - 6

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 16 (3.09%) Confluence
3 11 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.39%) CICS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
5 2 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.19%) Drupal
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (6.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.58%) Trello
7 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (3.68%) Workfront
2 8 (1.55%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.58%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (12.77%) AWS
2 62 (11.99%) SaaS
3 53 (10.25%) Azure
4 33 (6.38%) iPaaS
5 21 (4.06%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.68%) Pulumi
7 17 (3.29%) GitHub
8 14 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.51%) GCP
9 13 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.74%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.55%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.55%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.55%) PaaS
12 5 (0.97%) Asana
12 5 (0.97%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.77%) Collibra
13 4 (0.77%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.22%) Broadband
2 17 (3.29%) HTTP
3 9 (1.74%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.74%) WAN
4 6 (1.16%) LAN
4 6 (1.16%) RTP
5 4 (0.77%) NGN
6 3 (0.58%) Multicast
6 3 (0.58%) Network Security
6 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.58%) Wireless
7 2 (0.39%) Firewall
7 2 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.19%) 4G
8 1 (0.19%) 5G
8 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.19%) MPLS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype
8 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.90%) Metadata
2 20 (3.87%) NoSQL
2 20 (3.87%) Power BI
2 20 (3.87%) RDBMS
2 20 (3.87%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.35%) Tableau
5 6 (1.16%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.16%) SAP BW
5 6 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.39%) Big Data
7 2 (0.39%) DB2
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.84%) JIRA
2 19 (3.68%) Jaeger
3 3 (0.58%) ERwin
3 3 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 192 (37.14%) Finance
2 173 (33.46%) Social Skills
3 146 (28.24%) Marketing
4 92 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (14.31%) Banking
6 65 (12.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (10.83%) Retail
8 52 (10.06%) Law
9 41 (7.93%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (7.35%) Legal
12 30 (5.80%) Financial Institution
13 28 (5.42%) Back Office
13 28 (5.42%) Public Sector
14 22 (4.26%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (3.29%) Digital Economy
17 12 (2.32%) Italian Language
18 11 (2.13%) Automotive
19 10 (1.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 138 (26.69%) Product Manager
2 76 (14.70%) Lead
3 74 (14.31%) Senior
4 52 (10.06%) Product Owner
5 38 (7.35%) Senior Manager
6 32 (6.19%) Senior Product Manager
7 21 (4.06%) Product Lead
8 20 (3.87%) Developer
9 18 (3.48%) Consultant
9 18 (3.48%) Development Engineer
9 18 (3.48%) Software Engineer
10 17 (3.29%) Software Development Engineer
11 15 (2.90%) Digital Product Manager
12 14 (2.71%) Change Manager
12 14 (2.71%) Product Management Director
13 13 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (2.51%) Senior Development Engineer
13 13 (2.51%) Senior Software Development Engineer
13 13 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.32%) Development Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.87%) REST
2 19 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (3.68%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.55%) Keras
3 8 (1.55%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.55%) TensorFlow
3 8 (1.55%) YAML
4 4 (0.77%) .NET
5 3 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.39%) CSS
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) Spring
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.19%) EDI
7 1 (0.19%) JSON
7 1 (0.19%) RESTful
7 1 (0.19%) SOAP
7 1 (0.19%) XML
7 1 (0.19%) XMPP
7 1 (0.19%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 133 (25.73%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.51%) Social Media
3 35 (6.77%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (6.58%) Over-the-Top Content
5 31 (6.00%) Onboarding
5 31 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (5.61%) Cloud Native
6 29 (5.61%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.35%) Data Fabric
11 7 (1.35%) Podcast
12 6 (1.16%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.16%) IoT
12 6 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.45%) Linux
2 19 (3.68%) Unix
3 6 (1.16%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) zOS
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (57.45%) Roadmaps
2 241 (46.62%) Agile
3 142 (27.47%) Product Roadmap
4 110 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 109 (21.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 107 (20.70%) Product Vision
7 104 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
8 99 (19.15%) AI
9 97 (18.76%) Product Strategy
10 96 (18.57%) Mentoring
11 95 (18.38%) Decision-Making
12 81 (15.67%) User Stories
13 73 (14.12%) Analytics
14 70 (13.54%) Customer Experience
14 70 (13.54%) User Experience
15 65 (12.57%) Product Backlog
16 62 (11.99%) Coaching
16 62 (11.99%) Product Requirements
17 61 (11.80%) Business Development
18 59 (11.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.93%) Java
1 41 (7.93%) Python
2 25 (4.84%) JavaScript
3 24 (4.64%) SQL
4 20 (3.87%) Go
5 19 (3.68%) Bash
6 8 (1.55%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.16%) Bicep
8 4 (0.77%) C#
9 3 (0.58%) R
10 2 (0.39%) COBOL
10 2 (0.39%) JCL
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (17.79%) Degree
2 34 (6.58%) Master's Degree
3 28 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.45%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.87%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.35%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.16%) PMP
9 5 (0.97%) MBA
10 4 (0.77%) CISSP
10 4 (0.77%) HNC
11 3 (0.58%) CCNA
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.58%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.39%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.84%) QA
2 13 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.74%) NCSC
6 8 (1.55%) NIST
7 7 (1.35%) GDPR
8 5 (0.97%) PMO
9 4 (0.77%) SLA
10 3 (0.58%) IFRS
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.58%) PERC
11 2 (0.39%) COREP
11 2 (0.39%) FINREP
11 2 (0.39%) GRC
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.19%) GMP
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (4.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (6.00%) Terraform
2 23 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.68%) Ansible
3 19 (3.68%) Argo
3 19 (3.68%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.68%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 50 (9.67%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.12%) Adobe
3 34 (6.58%) Google
4 12 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.74%) Oracle
6 8 (1.55%) Databricks
6 8 (1.55%) Dell
6 8 (1.55%) NVIDIA
7 7 (1.35%) SAP
8 6 (1.16%) Foundry
9 5 (0.97%) Cisco
10 4 (0.77%) Facebook
10 4 (0.77%) Toshiba
10 4 (0.77%) YouTube
11 3 (0.58%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.58%) ION Trading
11 3 (0.58%) Patsystems
11 3 (0.58%) Reuters
11 3 (0.58%) Tenable